This week I got some crafting supplies in the mail.

These two embossing folders came. I love plants and grow many of them in my home. They couldn’t be more perfect for me (especially since my favourite plant is a monstera deliciosa, which is the leaf on the right).

I love these sweater cutting dies. When I look at them I hear a line from a Lana Del Ray song “You fit me better than my favourite sweater”, which would make a perfect sentiment for a card with these dies.

These rain drop embellishments came. They are bigger than I thought they were. I hope I can make them work. There is a very slight difference in colour.

I ordered this double sided adhesive to see if it was a better deal then going to your local dollar store, but really I think you might as well go to the dollar store. The adhesive isn’t would tight and I don’t think there is as much of it. I’ll go to the dollar store for it.

As for the wine, I bottled a batch of Merlot at the wine shop, last Wednesday. It made 30 bottles. We drink a lot of wine at our home, so I ordered a batch of a blend of Gewurztraminer and Riesling. I’ve never made wine with Gewurztraminer before. I hope I like it.

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9 thoughts on “A Week Of Mail, And Wine”

  1. The leaves look really nice, and I agree with the sweater sentiment in that song – it’s perfect for the sweater dies!

    I didn’t know you could bottle your own wine at a wine shop. Is it like a place that sells the wine kits? I don’t know much about wines except that I prefer Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Pinot Noir. I tend not to like the whites or pinks.

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    1. I used to make it at home, but it was so messy and a huge pain in the butt. You can have them made at the wine kit shops. The kits make 30 bottles. You have to bottle the wine yourself, but that part is fun. I’ve got a white brewing at the moment. I’m going to order another red on bottling day, and then hopefully be good for awhile lol.

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  2. Very cool. Do you find the wine from the kits tastes the same as the store bought wines? Any homemade wine I’ve had has not been good. I’ve never had homemade wine that tasted at all like an actual Merlot or Pinot Noir, etc. It could just be the people making it weren’t good at it. :-

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    1. I like it. Do you know if they filtered the wine before bottling? That makes a huge difference. Maybe they didn’t let it age? I don’t have a discerning palate, I like it all.

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      1. Well, it was my stepfather… I don’t know what he did but he doesn’t know anything about wines lol. I think he was using juice to make it… which I’m guessing is not the right way to do it but I really have no idea how the kits work or what ingredients they take. I just know I hated his wine and it didn’t taste at all like what I buy.

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      2. Lol the only thing I know about wine, is that I like to drink it. He might have been using a pre-made kit that comes with the grapes already juiced for you. If he was getting grape juice from the grocery store, that might be a different story.

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      3. Yeah… lol… my feeling is he was using juice from the store, lol. Different flavors… I know a couple people who liked his wine, but those of us who are used to drinking real wines did not, lol. Someday I will have to try homemade wine from someone who does it right.

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